Azusa Pacific University
Nutrition Minor
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LANGUAGES
English
PACE
Full time
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EARLIEST START DATE
Jan 2025
TUITION FEES
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STUDY FORMAT
On-Campus
Introduction
Earn a Minor in Nutrition at Azusa Pacific University
You’ll add an advantage to your job search, and expand your skills in this specialized area of preventative health. You’ll focus on the four pillars of a healthy lifestyle: physical activity, good diet, healthy choices, and preventative screening.
Gain Hands-on Experience
- Explore the fundamentals of human nutrition.
- Build proficiency at using current nutrition education tools and technology.
- Examine the cultural aspects of food and nutrition.
Program Details
The minor in nutrition is available to any APU student interested in expanding his or her skills in this specialized area of preventative health. Emphasis within this minor is on the four pillars of a healthful lifestyle: physical activity, good diet, healthy choices, and preventative screening—all crucial for national health.
Curriculum
Requirements
Fitness for Life - Any Fitness for Life Course
- UNRS 120 Fundamentals of Human Nutrition
- UNRS 260 Nutrition
- UNRS 280 Life Cycle Nutrition
- UNRS 300 Complementary and Alternative Therapies: Herbs, Supplements, and Nutrition
- UNRS 320 Cultural Aspects of Food and Nutrition
- KIN 360 Nutrition for Exercise and Sport Science
Total Units 18
Rankings
- 1 of 79 - Best Western Colleges according to The Princeton Review’s 2024 Best Colleges Guide
Program Outcome
Students who successfully complete this program shall be able to:
- Utilize a Christian worldview to integrate beliefs, values, ethics, and service in personal and professional life.
- Provide nursing care utilizing professional knowledge and core competencies (critical thinking, communication, and technical skills) derived from a foundation of nursing science, general education, and religious studies.
- Demonstrate initiative for continual personal and professional growth and development.
- Act as a patient educator and advocate to promote optimal health and well-being.
- Function independently and collaboratively, both as a leader and/or a member of the health care team, to manage and coordinate care.
Career Opportunities
- Natural Sciences Managers - Plan, direct, or coordinate activities in such fields as life sciences, physical sciences, mathematics, statistics, and research and development in these fields.
- Clinical Research Coordinators - Plan, direct, or coordinate clinical research projects. Direct the activities of workers engaged in clinical research projects to ensure compliance with protocols and overall clinical objectives. May evaluate and analyze clinical data.
- Water Resource Specialists - Design or implement programs and strategies related to water resource issues such as supply, quality, and regulatory compliance issues.
- Bioinformatics Scientists - Conduct research using bioinformatics theory and methods in areas such as pharmaceuticals, medical technology, biotechnology, computational biology, proteomics, computer information science, biology and medical informatics. May design databases and develop algorithms for processing and analyzing genomic information, or other biological information.
- Molecular and Cellular Biologists - Research and study cellular molecules and organelles to understand cell function and organization.
- Geneticists - Research and study the inheritance of traits at the molecular, organism or population level. May evaluate or treat patients with genetic disorders.
- Biologists - Research or study basic principles of plant and animal life, such as origin, relationship, development, anatomy, and functions.
- Biological Science Teachers, Postsecondary - Teach courses in biological sciences. Includes both teachers primarily engaged in teaching and those who do a combination of teaching and research.
- Health Specialties Teachers, Postsecondary - Teach courses in health specialties, in fields such as dentistry, laboratory technology, medicine, pharmacy, public health, therapy, and veterinary medicine.
- Family and Consumer Sciences Teachers, Postsecondary - Teach courses in childcare, family relations, finance, nutrition, and related subjects pertaining to home management. Includes both teachers primarily engaged in teaching and those who do a combination of teaching and research.
- Farm and Home Management Educators - Instruct and advise individuals and families engaged in agriculture, agricultural-related processes, or home management activities. Demonstrate procedures and apply research findings to advance agricultural and home management activities. May develop educational outreach programs. May instruct on either agricultural issues such as agricultural processes and techniques, pest management, and food safety, or on home management issues such as budgeting, nutrition, and child development.
- Dietitians and Nutritionists - Plan and conduct food service or nutritional programs to assist in the promotion of health and control of disease. May supervise activities of a department providing quantity food services, counsel individuals, or conduct nutritional research.
- Dietetic Technicians - Assist in the provision of food service and nutritional programs, under the supervision of a dietitian. May plan and produce meals based on established guidelines, teach principles of food and nutrition, or counsel individuals.